Martin, I will be at Penn Museum on 11 March. I could arrive a bit early for the Pre-Columbian Society meeting and make copies of photos in the library from...
Thanks for the photos Mayakaab! It would certainly be interesting if members could post different views of Temple I. I have posted two of my own that did not...
Thanks alot for the offer caliburn11, it's greatly appreciated! I could use any photos of Temple I before 1970 (the end of the Tikal Project). Of course, I...
Hi everyone! Here's the link to a short video on the San Bartolo Project from National Geographic along with information and photos: http://tinyurl.com/lsmx9 ...
Hello group! Mel Gibson was supposed to say something in Maya language at the Oscars, probably as a publicity stunt for his upcoming movie "Apocalypto":...
Hi everyone! Here's an article about the exhibition "Divine and Human: Women in Ancient Mexico and Peru" (see message #423): http://tinyurl.com/o6le7 Martin L....
Hi group! For those who have been following the messages on the situation of drug trafficking in Guatemala, here is a news update since General Bantz J. ...
The only reason I watched any parts of the Oscars at all was to see how Jon Stewart did, and I think he did rather well. Anyway, Gibson's was one skit among a...
Thanks for the translation Dwayne. Your skills are rather good, although I don't really know what he meant by that. I guess the point of it all was to intrigue...
Hi Martin and all. I have posted some photos from the trip to the Mirador Basin sites that Dwayne and I did at New Years. I am in the process of writing a ...
Hello to all. Mike neglected to mention our research project to determine the relative merits of drinking cold Yeungling Beer on top of El Tigre and cold...
Thanks for the photos Mike! I'm looking forward to the trip summary. Martin L. ... a ... came ... last ... and ... what ... finds ... information ... trip ... ...
Hello group! Here are some recent links that may be of interest. Video on Yaxuna: Archaeology of an ancient Maya city http://www.archaeologychannel.org/ Field...
Hello group! We are in Campeche. Last week we were in Usumacinta Basin sites. We went to Yaxchilán and Bonampak and also in Palenque. Before that we visited...
GUATEMALA: Ujuxte, el pan de los mayas. (Fuente: La Prensa). Su nombre científico es Brosimun alicastrum Swartz, pertenece a la familia de las moráceas y su...
Hopefully, someone here will have an answer. Obviously doorways were an essential element of Mayan architecture. However, I have never seen an actual door in a...
Hi catiline! The best examples of hinges on doorways that I have seen in Maya architecture are at Palenque where the numerous openings probably required such...
Catiline, I think Martin has it correctly on this one. The evidence shows only curtin poles for hanging curtins across doorways, mainly for privacy. I cannot...
Mr. Lominy, Thanks so much for answering. I really enjoy your site, mayanfiles.com,especially the drawings depicting elements of mayan architecture. Somehow I...
Hi Martin and group! We have been lucky because in two occasions we have avoided two protests of people that not allowed to enter to mayan sites (Chiapas with...
Mike, I agree about the curtains. I have never seen any evidence of solid doors or sturdy gates. Yet...people who in times of wars & raids, build defensive...
CENTROAMERICA: Autoridades indígenas nombraron a voceros. (Fuente: Prensa Libre / Lorena Seijo). Guatemala. El incienso y el copal inundaron el ambiente en el...
Actually Catilline, what I was trying to say is that there is no evidence for "western-style" doors on hinges at any time in ancient Mesoamerica, as far as I...
